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Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐
My research interest lies in the intersection of systems biology, microbial evolotion and community ecology. I am interested in combining theory and experiment to study how microbial communities assemble and evolve.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
now - 2017
- Predicting microbial commnity assembly and function under selection
- Advisor: Dr. Alvaro Sanchez
M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - 2015
- Thesis: Near-infrared modulates burying behavior in burying beetles
- Advisor: Sheng-Feng Shen
B.S., Life Science
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015 - 2011
- Math and computational courses oriented
- Presidential and Dean’s Award (ranking top 5% in the class)
Publications
Engineering complex communities by directed evolution (2021). Nature Ecology & Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01457-5
N/A
2021
- Chang-Yu Chang*, Jean C C Vila*, Madeline Bender, Richard Li, Madeleine C Mankowski, Molly Bassette, Julia Borden, Stefan Golfier, Paul Gerald L Sanchez, Rachel Waymack, Xinwen Zhu, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Alvaro Sanchez
- * contributed equally.
Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities (2021). Annu. Rev. Biophys.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-101220-072829
N/A
2021
- Alvaro Sanchez, Jean C C Vila, Chang-Yu Chang, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Metabolic rules of microbial community assembly (2021). Cell Systems. Accepted.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.984278
N/A
2021
- Sylvie Estrela, Jean C C Vila, Nanxi Lu, Djordje Bajic, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Chang-Yu Chang, Alvaro Sanchez
Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies (2020). Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14092
N/A
2020
- Chang-Yu Chang*, Melisa L Osborne*, Djordje Bajic, Alvaro Sanchez.
- * contributed equally.
Ecological effects of cellular computing in microbial populations (2018. Natural Computing
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-018-9708-8
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2018
- Maia Baskerville*, Arielle Biro*, Mike Blazanin*, Chang-Yu Chang*, Amelia Hallworth*, Nicole Sonnert*, Jean C C Vila*, Alvaro Sanchez
- * contributed equally.
Fellowships, Grants, and Travel Funds
Government Fellowship for Oversea Study
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2020 - 2017
- $126,000
Graduate Student Attending International Conference
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2016
- $1,000
College Student Research Scholarship
Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology
N/A
2015 - 2014
- $1,200
Teaching Fellow Experience
PBoC2019: Physical Biology of the Cell course
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
2019
- Course facilitator
EEB250/550: Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- Lecture TF
EEB251L/551L: Laboratory for Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
EEB223L/523L: Laboratory for Evolution & Functional Traits
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
LS3022: Biostatistics
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2016
- TF and lectured basic R
LS1019: General Botany Lab
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015
- TF and lectured lab experiments
Talks and Posters
Workshop on Limits to Diversity Assembly
Trieste, Italy
Virtual
2021
- Invited talk
Microbial Sciences Institute SMAL talks
Yale University
Virtual
2020
- Invited talk
The Graduate Research in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Annual Symposium (GREBE)
Princeton University
N/A
2019
- Contributed talk
Microbial Sciences Institute Retreat
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- Poster presentation
Yale EEB graduate student symposium
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- Best poster award
17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME)
N/A
Leipzig, Germany
2018
- Poster presentation
18th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
National Sun Yat-sen University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017
- Winner Prize for research and oral presentation
15th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Unversity of Exeter
UK
2016
- Oral Presentation (abstract reviewed)
Graduate student symposium
College of Life Science, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2016
- Best poster award
Services
President, Yale Taiwansese Student Association
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2020 - 2018
- Organized recreational events and holiday celebration for Taiwanese students
- Facilitated connections among Taiwanese students across universities
Dolph Schluter (UBC) invited as Yale EEB Hutchinson speaker
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- Organized and modulated invited speaker talks, sessions, and meetings
- Graduate student organized invited speaker events
References
Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Ph.D. lab colleague
N/A
- Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen
M.S. advisor
N/A
- Research Fellow (Professor), Academia Sinica in Taiwan